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|About=The referendum would have allowed for a constitutional convention to be convened to consider seven issues: method of amending the constitution; apportionment of the | |About=The referendum would have allowed for a constitutional convention to be convened to consider seven issues: the method of amending the constitution; the apportionment of the Legislature; the judicial system; the method of selection of the lieutenant governor; the method of selection of the treasurer, secretary of state and auditor (moving to appoint them rather than elect them); the voting age and residential requirements; and the annual session of the Legislature. | ||
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|Results link=[https://www.sec.state.vt.us/archives-records/state-archives/government-history/continuing-issues/referendum/list-of-statewide-referenda.aspx Vermont Secretary of State] | |Results link=[https://www.sec.state.vt.us/archives-records/state-archives/government-history/continuing-issues/referendum/list-of-statewide-referenda.aspx Vermont Secretary of State] | ||
|Reference=<ref>[https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/59733/1969.pdf ''Vermont Secretary of | |Reference=<ref>[https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/59733/1969.pdf ''Vermont Secretary of State'', "Statewide Referendum: Constitutional Convention Referenda," accessed July 9, 2015]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:57, 15 September 2015
The Vermont Statewide Referendum: Constitutional Convention Referenda, also known as Act 74 of 1969, was on the 1969 ballot in Vermont as a legislatively referred state statute. It was defeated. The referendum would have allowed for a constitutional convention to be convened to consider seven issues: the method of amending the constitution; the apportionment of the Legislature; the judicial system; the method of selection of the lieutenant governor; the method of selection of the treasurer, secretary of state and auditor (moving to appoint them rather than elect them); the voting age and residential requirements; and the annual session of the Legislature.[1]
Election results
| Vermont Act 74 of 1969 (1969) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 23,830 | 61.59% | ||
| Yes | 14,861 | 38.41% | ||
Election results via: Vermont Secretary of State
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